Love Poem: What You Deserve
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Written by: Catherine Phillips

What You Deserve

I want to pluck him 
from this terrible situation 
and his past. 
He has been hurt 
and beaten 
and bruised 
long before I could get to him, 
yet I still sit with my guilt 
for not being able to prevent
monsters from tearing him down. 
My boy, 
I wish I could cradle you 
against my chest, 
my heart beating against your ear; 
My heart beats only for you. 
My love is genuine, 
I could never hurt you.